Records of rape crime ‘distorted’ – BBC News
“Rape claims are being left off official crime records, the BBC has learned.”
BBC News, 21st September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Richard Dawkins to call for changes to Britain’s libel laws – The Times
“Richard Dawkins, the evolutionary biologist, is to call for Britain’s libel laws to be reformed following a string of cases in which science researchers and writers have been sued for criticising health therapies they felt to be unreliable.”
The Times, 20th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Swindon Borough Council v Redpath [2009] EWCA Civ 943 (11 September 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Family Division)
H (A Child), Re [2009] EWHC 2280 (Fam) (11 September 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
MoJ admits personal data breaches – Law Society’s Gazette
“Nearly 2,000 people have had personal information about themselves lost by the Ministry of Justice over the past year, in a series of incidents listed in the department’s accounts, published last week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th September 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Administration and Enforcement Restriction Orders – Response to Consultation – Ministry of Justice
“A consultation on administration orders, a long-term debt management scheme administered by the courts, and enforcement restriction orders, which provide short-term assistance (via enforcement relief) to those who encounter an unforeseen change to their financial circumstances.”
Ministry of Justice, 18th September 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Watchdog looks into CS spray use – BBC News
“A police watchdog is to start an independent inquiry into an incident when CS spray appeared to be used by police on a man at close quarters.”
BBC News, 17th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judge upholds tower block ruling – BBC News
“A judge has upheld a government decision to allow construction of a controversial 43-storey tower block on London’s South Bank.”
BBC News, 17th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Classroom supervisor faces retrial over affair with 15-year-old pupil – The Times
“A classroom supervisor who had an affair with a pupil aged 15 may face a retrial after a jury failed to reach a verdict on charges against him.”
The Times, 18th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Sikh police officer ‘left humiliated for refusing to remove turban during training’ – Daily Telegraph
“A Sikh police officer was ‘humiliated’ by his Greater Manchester Police colleagues after refusing to remove his turban for training and undergoing practices that would breach his faith, an employment tribunal heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Inquest hears how police ‘did nothing’ for harassed family – The Guardian
“A mother who apparently killed herself and her disabled daughter by setting fire to their car had faced years of abuse from youths and children, but police ‘did nothing’ despite her repeated pleas for help, an inquest heard today.”
The Guardian, 17th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Attorney-General under investigation for hiring an illegal migrant – The Times
“Baroness Scotland of Asthal, the Attorney-General, has been placed under investigation after she admitted that she had employed an illegal migrant. Britain’s most senior law officer sacked Loloahi Tapui after the 27-year-old Tongan was revealed by the Daily Mail to have overstayed her student visa.”
The Times, 18th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Identity of Teresa de Simone’s killer confirmed by DNA tests – The Times
“On the night of December 7, 1988, almost exactly nine years after raping and murdering Teresa de Simone, David Lace ended his own life in a seaside bedsit.
Lace’s remains were exhumed during the police inquiry and a ‘billion-to-one’ DNA match to the murder of Ms de Simone, 22, in Southampton on December 5, 1979, was established. It confirmed him as the killer and proved beyond any lingering doubt that Sean Hodgson, who spent 27 years in prison before being freed in March this year, was the victim of a miscarriage of justice.”
The Times, 18th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Tai Ping Carpets UK Ltd v Arora Heathrow T5 Ltd [2009] EWHC 2305 (TCC) (15 September 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Government may shield websites from libel claims with ‘single publication’ rule – OUT-LAW.com
“The Government could scrap a part of defamation law that makes newspapers liable many times for material in a single article. The Government may prevent people suing every time a web page ‘publishes’ an article.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th September 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Mandelson to shelve laws aimed at cutting binge drinking – The Times
“Measures to curb binge drinking top a list of regulations to be shelved in the latest U-turn forced on Labour by the economic downturn.”
The Times, 17th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Should intercept evidence on terror suspects be made admissible in court? – The Times
“The control orders regime for detaining suspects who have been neither charged nor prosecuted has been widely discredited.”
The Times, 17th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
‘Columbine’ plot prosecution accused of wasting public money – The Guardian
“A jury took just 45 minutes today to clear two teenagers of plotting to carry out a Columbine-style massacre at their school, prompting claims that the prosecution was a waste of public money.”
The Guardian, 16th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Fake video footage ‘persuades half of people to wrongly accuse others of crime’ – Daily Telegraph
“Fake video footage can persuade almost half of viewers to accuse people of crimes they have not committed, new research suggests.”
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Daily Telegraph, 17th September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
